Photo caption: "Distinctive cupolas controlled ventillation in hop kilns. Trucks or wagons hauled green hops up the elevated platform for unloading on the drying floor." From news article in The Sunday Oregonian Northwest Roto Magazine "Vanishing Valley Landmarks," November 20, 1955. Story and photos by Dr. John R. Goldsborough.
More than 11,000 pollen bags were placed in the experimental hop yard in 1950 as part of the breeding program. This is a general view of the experimental breeding plot. Taken as part of the series of hop photos